Summons on BBC journalist: CID regrets inconvenience caused
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has informed BBC correspondent in Sri Lanka, Azzam Ameen, that it was not necessary for him to visit the ...
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NO PLAN TO TAKE OVER SAMURDHI BANK - GOVERNOR
There has been no decision to take over the Samurdhi Bank under the Central Bank, Central Bank Governor, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. The Governor...
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Govt postpones presenting new KDU Bill
The Government yesterday (11), postponed presenting the General Sir John Kotelawala National Defence University Bill to Parliament. The Bill was lis...
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Sri Lanka among Top 16 in Miss Universe 2017
Sri Lanka’s Christina Peiris today became the first ever Miss Sri Lanka to enter the Top 16 at a Miss Universe pageant in the 21st century after 62 ...
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$1B target by 2020 with right policies – Gem and Jewellery Assn
Sri Lanka can achieve the US$ 1 billion gem and jewellery export revenue by 2020, provided the right policy framework is in place along with the lif...
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NDB records Rs 2.7 bn PBT in 1Q 2018
The National Development Bank PLC (NDB) closed the first quarter ending March 31, 2018 on a high note with impressive growth in profitability and busi...
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Int’l schools to be regulated
The Government is expected to reintroduce a mechanism to register and regulate international schools in the country. As per a Cabinet proposal, submit...
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Fuelling hikes!
Fuel prices hiked across the board Sri Lanka continues to have highest subsidised fuel prices in the South Asian region, even after the revisio...
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Speaker consents to the National Audit Bill
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has informed the Parliament that the Supreme Court (SC) has determined that the National Audit Bill is in accordance with the ...
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Israeli strike in Syria kills 15
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday an Israeli attack on Iranian military facilities south of Damascus had killed at least 15 pe...
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Fire erupt at BIA
A fire broke out at an electrical home appliance storage unit of the duty-free shopping mall at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morn...
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Reshuffled Cabinet to convene today
The reshuffled Cabinet is scheduled to convene for the first time today under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena. As the new Parliamenta...
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PUCSL to decide today
Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union’s (CEBEU) President, Saumya Kumarawadu, the head of Sri Lanka’s most influential professional trade un...
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Unemployment records 5-year low
Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate improved to 4.2 per cent in 2017, to record a five year, as the Department of Census and Statistics recorded only 358,...
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COLOMBO’S NEW SMART PARKING METERS CREATE A STIR
A few weeks ago, Rashmini de Silva parked her car near the Savoy Theater in Wellawatte. It was a designated parking lot, though there was no attendant...
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Samurdhi should not be distributed as relief among UNPers, SLFPers: JHU
athika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today the Samurdhi programme should be used to help the poor to...
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$ 75 m EAP deal struck with $ 35 m initial infusion
The long-awaited and crucial deal on EAP Group, linked to the revival of ETI Finance and Swarnamahal Financial Services, has been struck with an inves...
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Govt unable to govern a GN division, let alone country - Mahinda
https://youtu.be/udNe9YSrz68 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the incumbent government is unable to govern a Grama Nila...
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Won't allow PM to bring Samurdhi Bank under CB
Former social empowerment minister S.B Dissanayake today said he would never allow Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to vest the Samurdhi Bank under...
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Samurdhi Bank to come under CBSL
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday announced that the Samurdhi Community Bank would be brought under purview of the Finance Ministry and th...
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UNP will rule for next 20-30 years, promises PM
Samurdhi would be apolitical Will solve fertiliser issue, create more Jobs Party reforms will take place Stable economy, more investments Rule of law...
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Inflate Rupee Further
Hardly three months after the Yahapalana Government suffered a shock; humiliating defeat at the 10 February Local Government Polls, a prime reason bei...
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